Tito Ferradans 410 Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 I'm opening up the 35mm live tomorrow on my channel. 11am PST. Join me and laugh as I struggle! www.youtube.com/anamorphiconabudget Geoff_L and Emanuel 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EphraimP 134 Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 On 7/30/2020 at 6:37 PM, Tito Ferradans said: but the 35mm has no Fuji mount  That's lame. Any idea why? Lack of X-mount sales on the 50mm? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pikepike 0 Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 I just ordered/backed the 35 mm but realize that there may not be any way to adapt it to work with my Sigma Fp. I thought it could go to eos (then I could use that adapter)but doesn’t seem like this. Anyone know any way to adapt this lens to Leica L mount? Everything I find seems to want to adapt Leica M or R to m4/3 not the other way around! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
au8ust 35 Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 On 8/11/2020 at 8:40 AM, Pikepike said: I just ordered/backed the 35 mm but realize that there may not be any way to adapt it to work with my Sigma Fp. I thought it could go to eos (then I could use that adapter)but doesn’t seem like this. Anyone know any way to adapt this lens to Leica L mount? Everything I find seems to want to adapt Leica M or R to m4/3 not the other way around! It won't work. Check the table here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flange_focal_distance Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ed David 39 Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 has anyone done tests between this lens vs like a lomo or kowa or SLR magic lens vs like a Kowa B&H lens?   very excited about this lens for affordable anamorphic Emanuel 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Emanuel 2,525 Posted August 16, 2020 Author Share Posted August 16, 2020 any secret perk? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Emanuel 2,525 Posted August 17, 2020 Author Share Posted August 17, 2020 No more secret perks once they were only reserved for the first 1000 early adopters. Now already solved for the first early adopters, proud as part of them. By the way, they reached over $700,000 in the first 24 hours! Only 19 units left for 18% discounted $649. Â A foot note as their loyal customer and my personal advice: Great support BTW :- ) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pikepike 0 Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 On 8/12/2020 at 9:25 PM, au8ust said: It won't work. Check the table here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flange_focal_distance Thanks! I guess, I'll just have to wait for them to make something that will work for me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
graphicnatured 164 Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 On 8/16/2020 at 7:26 AM, Ed David said: has anyone done tests between this lens vs like a lomo or kowa or SLR magic lens vs like a Kowa B&H lens?   very excited about this lens for affordable anamorphic The size and usability are really huge, but to me, it doesn't compare well to a Kowa, which has so much character. Still, it definitely makes up for being so much easier to use, and WAY lighter! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Emanuel 2,525 Posted August 20, 2020 Author Share Posted August 20, 2020 I am impressed with their customer support response. Never had anything similar before... : ) Well, aside a certain Irish company on innovative accessories for filmmakers ; ) every EOSHD can trust on. An example for every manufacturer. I firmly recommend them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ShowsOn 2 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 I received both the 35mm and 50mm on Saturday. I'm surprised how solid and well built they feel. To make these lenses at this price point we need to thank the enormous advances in manufacturing that China has made over the last 20 years. The lenses are sharp, but with some strange breathing / distortion effects as you adjust focus. Setting aside the 1.33x squeeze, these lenses are basically like the Bausch & Lomb 'Block' CinemaScope lenses with synchronised focus introduced in 1954, but made with modern materials and manufacturing methods. http://www.widescreenmuseum.com/widescreen/wingcs5.htm (Trivia, I believe these lenses were first used for Broken Lance released in September 1954:  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046808/ ) It took ~60 years for something that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to develop and manufacture to be made for ~$650. I just wish the squeeze was 1.5X instead of 1.33X. The cool thing about these lenses isn't just the lenses but the promise for the future. Hopefully other companies realise there is a market for under $1000 anamorphic lenses and we get more competition and perhaps other companies running crowd funding campaigns for 1.5X, 1.8X, or even 2X lenses. I'm surprised that SLR Magic hasn't considered this possibility. Surely other companies are looking at the fact SIRUI has now raised over US$3 million across two Indiegogo campaigns and are thinking they may have something to offer that is even better. Surely there's a Panavision optical engineer who in his or her spare time who could run a crowd sourcing campaign for a a set of 2X lenses based on their own design, but with manufacturing in China.  Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ShowsOn 2 Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Campaign for 24mm F2.8 will start soon. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/sirui-24mm-anamorphic-lens/coming_soon Email sign up for notifications. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tim Sewell 442 Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Well Potato jet found a bit of a bug with the Siruis: Â Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tito Ferradans 410 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 On 2/2/2021 at 9:03 AM, Tim Sewell said: Well Potato jet found a bit of a bug with the Siruis: No, he didn't. Would you care to explain the "bug" in your own words? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tim Sewell 442 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 2 minutes ago, Tito Ferradans said: No, he didn't. Would you care to explain the "bug" in your own words? As far as I recall he found that, in the lens he was testing, the amount of anamorphic compression varied according to the focus distance. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tito Ferradans 410 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 7 hours ago, Tim Sewell said: As far as I recall he found that, in the lens he was testing, the amount of anamorphic compression varied according to the focus distance. That's not a "bug", it's how that particular method for focusing anamorphics works. It's how the original cinemascope lenses, by Henri Chrétien, worked. It makes for lighter designs a lot of the time, and less glass elements, but has the downside of lowering your squeeze factor as you focus closer. It happens with ALL double focus systems.  Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tim Sewell 442 Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 Fair enough - I'm no expert. He framed it as a defect and that's what I was reporting back to the board. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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